How do you find those? I searched Ebay and found nothing. Right now I'm so broke I can't even pay attention! The W650 and the Honda GB500 have been favorites of mine since they came out, with the Kaw being slightly ahead on my list.

The GB, or it´s tame incarnation XBR, is dirt cheap here in Germany. Big numbers have been sold, and obviously they´re pretty tough beasts. Quite often there are mileages of 70000 km+, usually they going away for 500-800€. Many decent ones with much less mileage for below 1500€! That´s a temptation...

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2010 G5A Garage without a Bullet is a empty, barren hole.

When acellerating the tears of emotion must flow off horizontally to the ears.Walter Röhrl

Big Don - Nice! It amazed me last time I was over there how I could be sweltering in shirtsleeves in Monument Valley at noon, and piling on layers of clothes as I drove through snow up in the Rockies at evening. Stopped off at Ouray for food & sleep - great little place.

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2010 Royal Enfield Electra (G5) - fully Hitchcocked

2004 Kawasaki W650 (gone but not forgotten...)~ the best british bike they never made ~

Nice DRZ, Big Don. I've seriously considered the Super Moto version of it. I think it would be the perfect commuting bike for the city. I think they are amazing bang for the buck and seem like blasts to ride.

So the rear pads were in contact with the rotor. They heated up and expanded as the brake fluid started to boil. Good thing it didn't lock up!

It was the shop's goof for not finding it at the 650 mile check, BUT that's a type of thing I should be inspecting before each ride.

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Had a similar happening with my Royal Enfield! I had replaced the standard Rear Brake rod nut with a "Rear Brake Rod Wing Nut" from CMW. Yes it is handy for quick adjustments, BUT... The facility where I work held a picnic. As usual there was often a crowd of "sightseers gathered around the "Antique Motorcycle". Evidently some cleaver Peckerwood decided that my brake was loose, and decided to keep me safe by horsing the Wing nut tight. In the first eight miles I noticed that the bike was a might sluggish. After twenty miles I noticed that I couldn't pull away from the traffic light. I pushed the bike into a nearby parking lot and found the rear wheel was completely locked up and the hub was boiling hot.

The moral: BEWARE of the oglers and sightseers! many are Gremlins in disguise Also, get rid of those wing nuts. (thank God I haven't bought the wing nut for the oil filter.

rode the 56 matchless to the hospital this morning for routeen blood test because the enfield is sitting flattired waiting for the new k81 (out of stock) i suppose i could have taken the 2000 ensield but i like to renew the gas in sitting in the carb on all the bikes.

BoB- I've got a new 19X3.50 Cheng Shin I'll make ya a good deal on. Having a couple Enfields you can always use it.

I'll bring it to the rally...

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'My dear you are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly' - Winston Churchill

I have had it for a couple of months I like it. I know there are faster, smoother, cheaper bikes out there but I am going thru my British bike phase in life right now. I just wanted a little more power for those times when the wifey wants to ride. I still enjoy the Enfield and plan to keep them both. And yes willw the W650 is a nice bike but they are a little hard to find.

As is that Triumph dear boy - very nice I know class & style when I see em.... Nice backdrop too..... I was tempted myself, but I'd already fallen for the Dubbya, and I knew where to find one, and all those reports of how they just never go wrong (shhh - mustn't wake the gremlins )

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2010 Royal Enfield Electra (G5) - fully Hitchcocked

2004 Kawasaki W650 (gone but not forgotten...)~ the best british bike they never made ~

Nice DRZ, Big Don. I've seriously considered the Super Moto version of it. I think it would be the perfect commuting bike for the city. I think they are amazing bang for the buck and seem like blasts to ride.

They are great bikes........IMHO a great counter point to my Bullet!

Geared correctly they are a hoot offroad...and geared another way guys race them in supermotard competion.

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BigDonREA #73 08 RE Classic, the last of the Iron Barrel Bikes.(FireBall!)05 Suzuki DRZ 400, for haulin' xxx in the woods!09 BMW R1200GSA for a change of pace!http://www.youtube.com/user/SlooDon#p/u